Oct. 11, 2011
IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa junior guard Jaime Printy has been named to the 2011-12 John R. Wooden Award Preseason Top 30 list. The women’s list is comprised of 30 student-athletes who, based on last year’s individual performance and team records, are the early frontrunners for the prestigious Wooden Award honor, which is given annually by the Los Angeles Athletic Club.
Printy is now on the watch lists for the two most prestigious awards in NCAA women’s basketball. She was named to the “Wade Watch” List earlier this fall.
Printy became the youngest player in Iowa school history to be named All-American, collecting honorable mention honors by the Associated Press last season as a sophomore. She is the only returning All-American in the Big Ten this season. The Marion, Iowa, native was also a second team All-Big Ten selection and was named Academic All-Big Ten.
Printy is the youngest player in Hawkeye women’s basketball history to score 1,000 career points, as she hit the milestone as a sophomore. Printy enters her junior season with 1,021 points. She led the team with 16.8 points per game, 70 made three-pointers, a .383 three-point percentage and an .864 free throw percentage last season. Printy scored double figures in 27 of Iowa’s 31 games last year, including nine 20-point performances.
Printy was one of three Big Ten student-athletes on the list. She is joined by Ohio State’s Samantha Prahalis and Penn State’s Alex Bentley.
Players will be evaluated and considered for the Midseason List in December (the National Ballot consists of approximately 20 student-athletes who have proven to their universities that they are also making progress toward graduation while maintaining a 2.0 grade-point average).
The 36th annual Wooden Award ceremony, which will include the announcement of the men and women’s winners, the presentation of the Wooden Award All-America Teams and the Legends of Coaching Award, will take place the weekend of April 9-11, 2012.
WOODEN AWARD PRESEASON TOP 30 LIST
LaSondra Barrett – 6-2 – Sr. F – LSU
Alex Bentley – 5-7 – Jr. – G – Penn State
Cierra Bravard – 6-4 – Sr. – C – Florida State
Carolyn Davis – 6-3 – Jr. – F – Kansas
Elena Delle Donne – 6-5 – Jr. – G/F – Delaware
Skylar Diggins – 5-9 – Jr. – G – Notre Dame
Stefanie Dolson – 6-5 – So. – C – Connecticut
Chelsea Gray – 5-11 – So. – G – Duke
Brittney Griner – 6-8 – Jr. – C – Baylor
Keisha Hampton – 6-2 – Sr. – F – DePaul
Bria Hartley – 5-7 – So. – G – Connecticut
Tiffany Hayes – 5-10 – Sr. – G – Connecticut
Courtney Hurt – 6-1 – Sr. – F – VCU
Glory Johnson – 6-3 – GS – F – Tennessee
Shenise Johnson – 5-11 – Sr. – F – Miami
Lynetta Kizer – 6-4 – Sr. – C – Maryland
Natalie Novosel – 5-11 – Sr. – G – Notre Dame
Nnemkadi Ogwumike – 6-2 – Sr. – F – Stanford
Chiney Ogwuumike – 6-3 – So. – F – Stanford
Devereaux Peters – 6-2 – Sr. – F – Notre Dame
Samantha Prahalis – 5-7 – Sr. – G – Ohio State
Jaime Printy – 5-11 – Jr. – G – Iowa
Justine Raterman – 6-1 – Sr. – F – Dayton
Sugar Rodgers – 5-11 – Jr. – G – Georgetown
Shoni Schimmel – 5-10 – So. – G – Louisville
Odyssey Sims – 5-8 – So. – G – Baylor
Shekinna Stricklin – 6-2 – Sr. – G – Tennessee
Alyssa Thomas – 6-2 – So. – F – Maryland
Tyra White – 6-0 – Sr. – G – Texas A&M
Riquna Williams – 5-6 – Sr. – G – Miami